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>34.30. <TT
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>key_column_usage</TT
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>   The view <TT
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>key_column_usage</TT
> identifies all columns
   in the current database that are restricted by some unique, primary
   key, or foreign key constraint.  Check constraints are not included
   in this view.  Only those columns are shown that the current user
   has access to, by way of being the owner or having some privilege.
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>Table 34-28. <TT
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>key_column_usage</TT
> Columns</B
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><TT
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>constraint_catalog</TT
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><TT
CLASS="TYPE"
>sql_identifier</TT
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>Name of the database that contains the constraint (always the current database)</TD
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><TT
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>constraint_schema</TT
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><TT
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>sql_identifier</TT
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>Name of the schema that contains the constraint</TD
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>constraint_name</TT
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>sql_identifier</TT
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>table_catalog</TT
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>sql_identifier</TT
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>       Name of the database that contains the table that contains the
       column that is restricted by this constraint (always the
       current database)
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><TT
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>table_schema</TT
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>sql_identifier</TT
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>       Name of the schema that contains the table that contains the
       column that is restricted by this constraint
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><TT
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>table_name</TT
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><TT
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>sql_identifier</TT
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>       Name of the table that contains the column that is restricted
       by this constraint
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><TT
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>column_name</TT
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><TT
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>sql_identifier</TT
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>       Name of the column that is restricted by this constraint
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><TT
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>ordinal_position</TT
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>cardinal_number</TT
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>       Ordinal position of the column within the constraint key (count
       starts at 1)
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>position_in_unique_constraint</TT
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>cardinal_number</TT
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>       For a foreign-key constraint, ordinal position of the referenced
       column within its unique constraint (count starts at 1);
       otherwise null
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